Compendium of Cake Decorating Techniques

Carol Deacon has been decorating and making cakes since 1990 when an old school friend innocently asked her if she could make a birthday cake. Since that first fateful request, Carol has written 11 books, Compendium of Cake Decorating will be number 12! Carol worked for a while at Jane Asher's cake shop in London and has also acted as a cake consultant for a supermarket chain. She has demonstrated her art at all sorts of venues including international cake shows, on television and even once on a cross channel ferry! Carol has also contributed many features for various cake and food magazines both in the UK and abroad.

PRELIMS 5



INTRODUCTION 7



CHAPTER ONE: FONDANT BASICS 24

The beginner's kit

Improvising tools

Building a collection of tools

What is fondant

Working with fondant

Flavouring fondant

Storing fondant

Storing models or cakes covered with fondants

Storing and transporting fondant decorated cake pops and cupcakes



CHAPTER TWO: CAKES AND BOARDS 20

Sponge cake

Slicing the cake and filling the sections with buttercream

Coating the outside of a round sponge cake with buttercream

Rolling out the fondant

Covering a square cake

Covering fruitcake

Working small scale

Double coating

Covering number or odd shaped cakes

Stacking fondant-covered cakes

Covering cake boards with fondant

Using boards as hidden supports

Using cake boards as background model supports

Using cake boards for cupcake displays

Ribbons



CHAPTER THREE: DECORATIVE TECHNIQUES WITH FONDANT 68

Painting on fondant

Frills and fancies

Molds, cutters, and crimpers

Piping on fondant

Lacework

Dotty cake pops and cupcakes

Broderie Anglaise

Broderie Anglaise cupcakes

Writing on fondant



CHAPTER FOUR: MODELLING WITH FONDANT 38

Making fondant figures

How to personalise your characters

Making fondant animals

Making fondant flowers

Additional information



INDEX & CREDITS